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Calling all TV knitters, gift knitters and beginner knitters!!

Perfect for beginners and more advanced knitters alike, the Rainbow Galaxy set is a soothing knit for these troubled times. Made in aran-weight yarn, this fun hat and cowl will fly off your needles.

Achieve a beautiful effect with minimum fuss:

• Cushy thick yarn gives quick results.
• Simple textured stitches provide just the right amount of interest.
• Twisted rib for a professional finish.

Two options for the cowl length: a short loop to be tucked into your coat, or a longer loop, to be worn doubled around your neck.

With a wide range of hat sizes, this is the perfect pattern if you’d like to knit matching items for parents and kids on your gift list.

Sizing
Hat: Baby (Toddler, Child, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large) designed to fit with 1-4cm/0.5-1.5” negative ease.
Finished measurements:
Circumference: 35 (40, 45, 50, 55, 60)cm / 14 (15.5, 17.5, 19.5, 21.5, 23.5)”;
Height: 18.5 (20.5, 23, 25.5, 28, 30)cm / 7.5 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)”.

Cowl: Small (Large) 90 (115) cm /35.5 (45.5)” circumference, 17 (17) cm / 6.5 (6.5)” high.
The Large size is designed to be worn wrapped double around the neck.

Yarn
Any aran weight yarn. Hat: 50 (60, 80, 100, 12, 140) m / 50 (60, 70, 90, 110, 130) yards; Cowl: 170 (220) m / 190 (240) yards.

Rainbow sample: Noro Kureyon in Shade 319; Hat: 1 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2) balls; Cowl: 2 (3) balls.

Pink/grey sample: CamaRose Snefnug in Shades 7310 Askegr (MC) and 7861 Hindbaer (CC); Hat: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2) balls MC, 1 ball CC; Cowl: 1 (2) balls MC, 1 ball CC.

Gauge
16 sts x 24 rows = 10cm/4” measured over Star Pattern in the rnd with larger needles.
This gauge is after blocking, with the fabric slightly stretched to fully show textured sts.

Notions
4.5mm/US 7 circular needle, 60cm/24”
5mm/US 8 circular needle, 60cm/24”
5mm/US 8 DPNs to close top of hat
1 stitch marker

Construction
The hat is worked in the rnd, beginning with a twisted stitch brim. Knitting continues with the star stitch pattern, ending with simple decreases to close the top. The cowl is worked in the rnd, beginning and ending with a Twisted Rib edging. The Star Stitch pattern is worked in the main body of the cowl.

This pattern has been professionally tech edited by the team at Knit Now Magazine.